Arvo Pärt: Für Anna Maria, Complete Piano Music (2CD)

Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is a unique figure in the musical world. The utter simplicity of his works, inspired by his deep religious feelings, has a strange, hypnotic power over the listener. Confronted with the stark, naked and essential musical lines, one feels close to the inner truth of oneself and the other, a human bond which only music can bring. No wonder the music of Pärt, the cult figure, reaches beyond the boundaries of traditional classical audiences. Many recordings of Pärt achieve a bestselling status. This 2CD set contains the complete music for piano, featuring the well-known ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’, and ‘Für Alina’ (not yet as popular as ‘Für Elise’, but well on its way…). Played by the champion of Minimal Music, Jeroen van Veen, who recorded for Brilliant Classics several collections of minimalist piano music, and the complete piano music of Philip Glass. Including new recordings of Fratres and Spiegel im Spiegel for cello and piano.